Implementation

Cierna, H., Sujova, E., Habek, P., Horska, E., & Kapsdorferova, S. (2016). Learning organization at higher education institutions in the EU: Proposal for implementing philosophy of learning organization – results from research. Springer Online, Business + Science, 51(3), 1305–1320. https://search-proquest-com.libraryservices.yorkvilleu.ca/docview/1892127393/122F5D89ED13470APQ/1?accountid=142373

• Maximizing Human Potential:

  • Organizations aim to maximize human potential through a culture of learning and continuous progress.

  • People are considered the most crucial capital for a learning organization, emphasizing knowledge and quality management systems.

• Relationship Between Learning Organization and Management:

  • Petkov suggests that a learning organization is a predecessor to organizational management, particularly tied to knowledge management.

  • Transformation of knowledge in a learning organization is seen as a part of the learning organization itself.

• Systems Thinking:

  • A discipline in learning organizations that requires constant evaluation of one's thinking, monitoring structures, and learning from relationships.

  • 40% of higher education institutions in the study employed systems thinking.

• Elements of a Learning Organization:

  • Personal Mastery:

    • 84% of organizations support individual-level learning.

    • 67% support the participation of all employees.

    • 75% of employees have internal motivation toward goals, visions, and organizational success.

  • Shared Vision:

    • 84% of organizations have a defined vision.

    • 11% of respondents were unaware of the vision, and 5% claimed there was none.

  • Team Learning:

    • Focuses on developing individual skills within a team.

    • 27% of respondents participated in team learning.

    • 58% indicated the presence of a team in the organization.

  • Mental Models:

    • Internal ideas about how the world works, created by the subconscious and used automatically.

    • Fulfilled by only 40% of respondents.

• Quality Management System (QMS):

  • A collection of elements and requirements for organizational management.

  • 53% of organizations have an influential QMS, while 33% do not.

• Elements to Evaluate Learning Organization Philosophy:

  • System thinking, personal mastery, commons, shared vision, mental processes, team learning, structure of human resources, organizational structure, equipment, corporate culture, education, quality management systems, managerial processes, information technology, organizational analysis, financial investment into education.

• Implementation in Higher Education vs. Private Corporations:

  • No significant difference found in implementing learning organization concepts between higher education institutions and private corporations.